Ignored Reminders – How many are they?

Bismillaah
Whilst I was arranging my bed, I got hit in my hand. It was so paining for a moment as I know I am getting hit like this after very long time. When I started feeling a lot and rolling over the bed to find some immediate comfort, I realized “If I am not able to bear this, How terrible might be the Hell???” When my physical pain started settling down, pain in my heart started to grow. Then I realized these are nothing but reminders in this life about the next life.
How many reminders have we ignored?
When we goto bed, we say “Allaahumma bismika amutu wa ahiya” (In the name of Allaah, I live and die) but we fall deep down into sleep, forgetting death.
When we wake up, we say “Alhamdulillaa-hillaadhe Ahyana ba’da ma amatana wa ilyahi nushoor” (All praise is due to Allaah who gave life to us after our death and to Him is our return) but we live a day as though we are reminded of death and the following agony.
Still the question remains “How many reminders have we ignored?”

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